BIO 201 Muscle Practice Questions And
Answers
1. (p. 208) A dark band formed by parallel thick filaments that partly overlap the
thin filaments is known as an H band.
FALSE
Blooms Level: 1. Remember
HAPS Objective: G02.02 Describe the structure, location in the body and function
of skeletal, cardiac and smooth muscle
HAPS Topic: Module G02 Identification, general location, and comparative
characteristics of skeletal, smooth, and cardiac muscle tissue
Learning Outcome: 07.1b. Describe the structure of a skeletal muscle fiber and
relate this to its function
Section: 07.01
Topic: Muscular Syste
y
1. (p. 208) A dark band formed by parallel thick filaments that partly overlap the
thin filaments is known as an H band. - -FALSE
Blooms Level: 1. Remember
HAPS Objective: G02.02 Describe the structure, location in the body and function
of skeletal, cardiac and smooth muscle
HAPS Topic: Module G02 Identification, general location, and comparative
characteristics of skeletal, smooth, and cardiac muscle tissue
Learning Outcome: 07.1b. Describe the structure of a skeletal muscle fiber and
relate this to its function
Section: 07.01
Topic: Muscular System
- 2. (p. 206) The sarcoplasmic reticulum is the smooth endoplasmic reticulum
of a muscle fiber. - -TRUE
Blooms Level: 1. Remember
HAPS Objective: G03.03 Describe a skeletal muscle fiber including the transverse
(T) tubules, sarcoplasmic reticulum and myofibrils
HAPS Topic: Module G03 Detailed gross and microscopic anatomy of skeletal
muscle
Learning Outcome: 07.1b. Describe the structure of a skeletal muscle fiber and
relate this to its function
Section: 07.01
Topic: Muscular System
- 3. (p. 218) An isometric contraction does not change muscle length. - -TRUE
,Blooms Level: 1. Remember
HAPS Objective: G06.05 Demonstrate isotonic and isometric contraction and
interpret graphs of tension vs. time and muscle length vs. time for each type of
contraction
HAPS Topic: Module G06 Principles and types of whole muscle contraction
Learning Outcome: 07.2d. Contrast isometric and isotonic contraction
Section: 07.02
Topic: Muscular System
- 4. (p. 206) Which muscle type depends solely on the sarcoplasmic reticulum
as its calcium source?
A. Skeletal muscle
B. Smooth muscle
C. Cardiac muscle
D. Skeletal and smooth muscle
E. Smooth and cardiac muscle - -A
Blooms Level: 2. Understand
HAPS Objective: G02.03 Compare and contrast the characteristics of skeletal,
cardiac and smooth muscle
HAPS Topic: Module G02 Identification, general location, and comparative
characteristics of skeletal, smooth, and cardiac muscle tissue
Learning Outcome: 07.2b. Explain the mechanisms of contraction and relaxation
Section: 07.02
Topic: Muscular System
- 5. (p. 222) Which muscle(s) can contract without the need for nervous
stimulation?
A. Skeletal muscle
B. Smooth muscle
C. Cardiac muscle
D. Smooth and cardiac muscle
E. Skeletal, smooth, and cardiac muscle - -D
Blooms Level: 2. Understand
HAPS Objective: G05.05 Compare and contrast the metabolism of skeletal,
cardiac and smooth muscle
HAPS Topic: Module G05 Skeletal muscle metabolism
Learning Outcome: 07.3b. Explain how the structure of these two forms of
muscle accounts for their functional properties
Section: 07.03
Topic: Muscular System
- 6. (p. 218) The term for shortening of a muscle while maintaining constant
tension is
A. treppe.
B. tetanus.
C. isokinetic contraction.
D. isometric contraction.
E. isotonic contraction. - -E
Blooms Level: 1. Remember
HAPS Objective: G06.05 Demonstrate isotonic and isometric contraction and
interpret graphs of tension vs. time and muscle length vs. time for each type of
contraction
, HAPS Topic: Module G06 Principles and types of whole muscle contraction
Learning Outcome: 07.2d. Contrast isometric and isotonic contraction
Section: 07.02
Topic: Muscular System
- 7. (p. 220) Michael Jordan was arguably the best player in professional
basketball history. Scientifically one would expect him to have highly developed
A. white muscle.
B. intermediate fibers.
C. slow-twitch fibers.
D. red muscle. - -A
Blooms Level: 3. Apply
HAPS Objective: G03.07 List the anatomical and metabolic characteristics of fast,
slow, and intermediate muscle fibers
HAPS Topic: Module G03 Detailed gross and microscopic anatomy of skeletal
muscle
Learning Outcome: 07.2g. Distinguish between fast and slow types of muscle
fibers
Section: 07.02
Topic: Muscular System
- 8. (p. 223) Where would you expect to find numerous gap junctions in
muscular tissue?
A. the sarcoplasmic reticulum of skeletal muscle
B. the A bands of skeletal and cardiac muscle
C. the sarcolemma of skeletal muscle
D. intercalated discs of cardiac muscle
E. multiunit smooth muscle - -D
Blooms Level: 3. Apply
HAPS Objective: G02.03 Compare and contrast the characteristics of skeletal,
cardiac and smooth muscle
HAPS Topic: Module G02 Identification, general location, and comparative
characteristics of skeletal, smooth, and cardiac muscle tissue
Learning Outcome: 07.3a. Describe the special functional roles of cardiac and
smooth muscle
Section: 07.03
Topic: Muscular System
- 9. (p. 223) The contraction strength of smooth muscle is relatively
independent of its resting length partly because
A. It does not have sarcomeres.
B. it does not have intercalated discs.
C. it is regulated by a length-tension relationship.
D. it gets nearly all of its Ca2+ from the extracellular fluid.
E. it is involuntary muscle. - -A
Blooms Level: 3. Apply
HAPS Objective: G05.05 Compare and contrast the metabolism of skeletal,
cardiac and smooth muscle
HAPS Topic: Module G05 Skeletal muscle metabolism
Learning Outcome: 07.3b. Explain how the structure of these two forms of
muscle accounts for their functional properties
Section: 07.03
Topic: Muscular System
Answers
1. (p. 208) A dark band formed by parallel thick filaments that partly overlap the
thin filaments is known as an H band.
FALSE
Blooms Level: 1. Remember
HAPS Objective: G02.02 Describe the structure, location in the body and function
of skeletal, cardiac and smooth muscle
HAPS Topic: Module G02 Identification, general location, and comparative
characteristics of skeletal, smooth, and cardiac muscle tissue
Learning Outcome: 07.1b. Describe the structure of a skeletal muscle fiber and
relate this to its function
Section: 07.01
Topic: Muscular Syste
y
1. (p. 208) A dark band formed by parallel thick filaments that partly overlap the
thin filaments is known as an H band. - -FALSE
Blooms Level: 1. Remember
HAPS Objective: G02.02 Describe the structure, location in the body and function
of skeletal, cardiac and smooth muscle
HAPS Topic: Module G02 Identification, general location, and comparative
characteristics of skeletal, smooth, and cardiac muscle tissue
Learning Outcome: 07.1b. Describe the structure of a skeletal muscle fiber and
relate this to its function
Section: 07.01
Topic: Muscular System
- 2. (p. 206) The sarcoplasmic reticulum is the smooth endoplasmic reticulum
of a muscle fiber. - -TRUE
Blooms Level: 1. Remember
HAPS Objective: G03.03 Describe a skeletal muscle fiber including the transverse
(T) tubules, sarcoplasmic reticulum and myofibrils
HAPS Topic: Module G03 Detailed gross and microscopic anatomy of skeletal
muscle
Learning Outcome: 07.1b. Describe the structure of a skeletal muscle fiber and
relate this to its function
Section: 07.01
Topic: Muscular System
- 3. (p. 218) An isometric contraction does not change muscle length. - -TRUE
,Blooms Level: 1. Remember
HAPS Objective: G06.05 Demonstrate isotonic and isometric contraction and
interpret graphs of tension vs. time and muscle length vs. time for each type of
contraction
HAPS Topic: Module G06 Principles and types of whole muscle contraction
Learning Outcome: 07.2d. Contrast isometric and isotonic contraction
Section: 07.02
Topic: Muscular System
- 4. (p. 206) Which muscle type depends solely on the sarcoplasmic reticulum
as its calcium source?
A. Skeletal muscle
B. Smooth muscle
C. Cardiac muscle
D. Skeletal and smooth muscle
E. Smooth and cardiac muscle - -A
Blooms Level: 2. Understand
HAPS Objective: G02.03 Compare and contrast the characteristics of skeletal,
cardiac and smooth muscle
HAPS Topic: Module G02 Identification, general location, and comparative
characteristics of skeletal, smooth, and cardiac muscle tissue
Learning Outcome: 07.2b. Explain the mechanisms of contraction and relaxation
Section: 07.02
Topic: Muscular System
- 5. (p. 222) Which muscle(s) can contract without the need for nervous
stimulation?
A. Skeletal muscle
B. Smooth muscle
C. Cardiac muscle
D. Smooth and cardiac muscle
E. Skeletal, smooth, and cardiac muscle - -D
Blooms Level: 2. Understand
HAPS Objective: G05.05 Compare and contrast the metabolism of skeletal,
cardiac and smooth muscle
HAPS Topic: Module G05 Skeletal muscle metabolism
Learning Outcome: 07.3b. Explain how the structure of these two forms of
muscle accounts for their functional properties
Section: 07.03
Topic: Muscular System
- 6. (p. 218) The term for shortening of a muscle while maintaining constant
tension is
A. treppe.
B. tetanus.
C. isokinetic contraction.
D. isometric contraction.
E. isotonic contraction. - -E
Blooms Level: 1. Remember
HAPS Objective: G06.05 Demonstrate isotonic and isometric contraction and
interpret graphs of tension vs. time and muscle length vs. time for each type of
contraction
, HAPS Topic: Module G06 Principles and types of whole muscle contraction
Learning Outcome: 07.2d. Contrast isometric and isotonic contraction
Section: 07.02
Topic: Muscular System
- 7. (p. 220) Michael Jordan was arguably the best player in professional
basketball history. Scientifically one would expect him to have highly developed
A. white muscle.
B. intermediate fibers.
C. slow-twitch fibers.
D. red muscle. - -A
Blooms Level: 3. Apply
HAPS Objective: G03.07 List the anatomical and metabolic characteristics of fast,
slow, and intermediate muscle fibers
HAPS Topic: Module G03 Detailed gross and microscopic anatomy of skeletal
muscle
Learning Outcome: 07.2g. Distinguish between fast and slow types of muscle
fibers
Section: 07.02
Topic: Muscular System
- 8. (p. 223) Where would you expect to find numerous gap junctions in
muscular tissue?
A. the sarcoplasmic reticulum of skeletal muscle
B. the A bands of skeletal and cardiac muscle
C. the sarcolemma of skeletal muscle
D. intercalated discs of cardiac muscle
E. multiunit smooth muscle - -D
Blooms Level: 3. Apply
HAPS Objective: G02.03 Compare and contrast the characteristics of skeletal,
cardiac and smooth muscle
HAPS Topic: Module G02 Identification, general location, and comparative
characteristics of skeletal, smooth, and cardiac muscle tissue
Learning Outcome: 07.3a. Describe the special functional roles of cardiac and
smooth muscle
Section: 07.03
Topic: Muscular System
- 9. (p. 223) The contraction strength of smooth muscle is relatively
independent of its resting length partly because
A. It does not have sarcomeres.
B. it does not have intercalated discs.
C. it is regulated by a length-tension relationship.
D. it gets nearly all of its Ca2+ from the extracellular fluid.
E. it is involuntary muscle. - -A
Blooms Level: 3. Apply
HAPS Objective: G05.05 Compare and contrast the metabolism of skeletal,
cardiac and smooth muscle
HAPS Topic: Module G05 Skeletal muscle metabolism
Learning Outcome: 07.3b. Explain how the structure of these two forms of
muscle accounts for their functional properties
Section: 07.03
Topic: Muscular System
